Scientists have discovered a Jurassic tectonic plate boundary that could help to predict what the planet might look like ...

It’s Thursday and that means it’s time to catch up with Stephanie Grace, editorial director and columnist for The Times-Picayune/The Advocate. Today we discuss a series of bills at the legislature ...

Thousands in Ontario and Quebec felt a 3.9-magnitude earthquake that shook the Ottawa Valley area and beyond on Tuesday afternoon. The earthquake originated in western Quebec, about 59 kilometres east ...

For the first time, scientists have seen a subduction zone actively breaking apart beneath the Pacific Northwest. Seismic data show the oceanic plate tearing into fragments, forming microplates in a ...

On April 8, an earthquake of magnitude 5.3 occurred in the Caspian Sea, followed by another of magnitude 4.6 on April 12. After these seismic events, weak aftershocks continue in the area, with their ...

An earthquake of magnitude 6.0 shook Japan on late Saturday night, a statement by the National Center for Seismology (NCS) said. As per the NCS, the earthquake occurred at a depth of 50km. In a post ...

As the Moon swallowed the Sun during the April 8, 2024, total solar eclipse, something remarkable happened on the ground—cities went eerily quiet. Scientists analyzing seismic data found that ...

LAKE COUNTY, Ohio (WJW) – A 2.1 magnitude earthquake was detected in Lake County on Wednesday evening, the U.S. Geological Society reported. According to the agency, the earthquake happened about 1.24 ...

Oil may be in the ground, but it's also in headlines amid political turmoil, rising prices and earthshaking news. Two Texas Tech University professors explained oil, the economics of it, and why gas ...

Fracking is an extreme method of oil and gas extraction that involves blasting huge amounts of water — mixed with sand and toxic chemicals — under high pressure deep into the earth. Fracking breaks up ...